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Claim: Rihanna's song "S&M" had to be changed to "C'mon" in the UK

I've removed this claim from article on expurgation. It was added by @Nakonana last year. If it can be backed up by a RS, it should not only be restored there but added here (it is not present). _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 10:53, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Piotrus I'm a bit confused that you removed it with the edit summary saying that the linked source is not about Rihanna's song, because I just checked said website and it clearly says under example "4 / 10":

"Rihanna, "S&M" (Changed to "C'mon") - Rih Rih flipped out (on Twitter, at least) when her smash "S&M" was renamed "C'mon" in the U.K. to appease British radio programmers this past February."

Am I missing something? Nakonana (talk) 12:03, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And this article (i.e. S&M (song)) also says in the "Release and remixes" section:

"In the United Kingdom, "S&M" was deemed too explicit for daytime airplay; it was edited to remove references to sex, chains and whips, and was renamed "Come On" for BBC Radio 1.[22][23]" Nakonana (talk) 12:09, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Nakonana My bad, this is likely because my CTRL+F failed due to this page dynamically changing content every few seconds. I will self-rv; I suggest adding to the source that we are citing panels 2/10 and 4/10. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:15, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For this article my CTRL+F also failed me, I found it via Google, funny enough. Google doesn't differentiate between "c'mon" and "come on" and thus was able to find the info. Nakonana (talk) 15:24, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]